Abstract: A soil regulation and control device for preventing grassland soil degradation is provided, and relates to the field of grassland restoration. The soil regulation and control device includes a vehicle body arranged in a horizontal state; a reaction cylinder fixedly arranged above the vehicle body and accommodating fertilizer and water; a mixing and stirring mechanism connected with the reaction cylinder and fully mixing the fertilizer and water in the reaction cylinder a reciprocating water spraying mechanism arranged at a lower end of the mixing and stirring mechanism and spraying uniformly mixed fertilizer and water; and a loosening and sowing assembly including a reciprocating soil loosening mechanism connected with the reciprocating water spraying mechanism and loosening soil, and a vibrating sowing mechanism connected with the reciprocating soil loosening mechanism and scattering grass seeds on the loosened soil.

Abstract: Resynchronization of folders shared among multiple client devices over a network is provided. Metadata and hash values stored on the client device are moved from a metadata database to a resynchronization database, and the data in the metadata database is deleted. Metadata is created for locally stored synchronized files. For each file, the created metadata is compared to the metadata stored in the resynchronization database. If the metadata matches, hash values are retrieved from the resynchronization database and stored with the created metadata in the metadata database. If the metadata does not match, hashes for the file are created and stored with the created metadata in the metadata database. A synchronization operation may be performed which consists of comparing the files stored on the client to the synchronized versions on a host server and updating or adding files that are not present or not up to date.

Abstract: A system is provided for monitoring system and operational parameters on one or more pieces of machinery or equipment. The system can monitor the pieces of machinery or equipment in real time, i.e., the time delay between the taking of a measurement on a piece of equipment and its subsequent display in the system is within accepted standards, e.g., from about 1 second to about 1 minute depending on the type of measurement or data set being monitored. The system can also permit the tracking of the pieces of machinery or equipment and can enable the transfer, i.e., the sending and/or receiving, of information between the system and the pieces of machinery or equipment.

Abstract: A residue clearing apparatus for a shank of an agricultural implement includes a spoked wheel adapted for attachment to the implement such that the spoked wheel rotates about a wheel axis oriented substantially horizontal and perpendicular to an operating travel direction of the implement and forward of the shank. A drive is operative to rotate the spoked wheel. The spoked wheel is oriented such that ends of spokes of the spoked wheel pass above the ground forward of the shank, and such that the ends of the spokes of the spoked wheel pass adjacent to a front face of the shank. The spokes may be resiliently or pivotally mounted to the wheel.

Abstract: For creating a route plan for a group of agricultural working machine systems for working a territory, the machine systems include route planning data determination devices and they exchange data with each other and, based on exchanged route planning data, one shared route plan is created for the particular territory. For controlling a group of agricultural working machine systems while it works a territory, one shared route plan—which has been created accordingly—is used, and a route planning system is provided for creating a route plan for a group of agricultural working machine systems to be used to work a territory.

Abstract: A tool for fixing to a vehicle, wherein the tool is movable between a deployed condition in which a working element of the tool is positioned for acting upon a ground surface, and a stowed condition in which the working element is raised to be spaced from the ground surface. In one form, the tool is in the form of a plough unit, and the vehicle is a loader with ground-engaging tracks for effecting movement of the loader relative to the ground surface.

Abstract: A tiller assembly includes a tine assembly that is rotatably connected to a tiller body and the tine assembly includes at least one tine for use in tilling associated soil. A hydraulic system is operatively connected to the tine assembly and includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor for use in rotating the tine assembly in first and second directions, a control valve, and hydraulic hose for use in communicating hydraulic fluid between the hydraulic pump, the hydraulic motor, and the control valve. The control valve may be positioned on-the-go into a first position thereby causing the tine assembly to rotate in a first direction and into a second position thereby causing the tine assembly to rotate in a second direction. The tiller assembly may also include a roller assembly that has a roller frame pivotably connected to the tiller body. The roller assembly also includes a roller that is rotatably connected to the roller frame and a spring for use in maintaining the roller against the soil.

Abstract: A tiller (10) having an engine (24), a plurality of rotating times (20), and a handle (26) which are rotatable with respect to a main frame (12) of the tiller (10) and cooperate with pivoting wheels (14) to facilitate turning of the tiller (10) while maintaining balance and stability.

Abstract: The farm implement of this invention is movable across ground along a direction of travel for tillage. The farm implement includes at least a frame and a disc/drive unit. The disc/drive unit includes first and second pluralities of discs, each having a ground-engaging outer periphery defining a plane angled acutely relative to the direction of travel. The first discs are angled to an opposite side of the direction of travel than the second discs. Positioned in front of the first discs is a ground-engaging driver rotatably coupled to the frame for rotating as the driver engages and is moved across the ground along the direction of travel. A driven flow controller is rotatably coupled and situated between the plurality of first discs and the plurality of second discs. The ground-engaging driver is operatively controlling and preferably accelerating the rotational speed of the driven flow controller.

Abstract: A tiller assembly includes a tine assembly that is rotatably connected to a tiller body and the tine assembly includes at least one tine for use in tilling associated soil. A hydraulic system is operatively connected to the tine assembly and includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor for use in rotating the tine assembly in first and second directions, a control valve, and hydraulic hose for use in communicating hydraulic fluid between the hydraulic pump, the hydraulic motor, and the control valve. The control valve may be positioned on-the-go into a first position thereby causing the tine assembly to rotate in a first direction and into a second position thereby causing the tine assembly to rotate in a second direction. The tiller assembly may also include a roller assembly that has a roller frame pivotably connected to the tiller body. The roller assembly also includes a roller that is rotatably connected to the roller frame and a spring for use in maintaining the roller against the soil.

Abstract: An apparatus for regenerating compacted soil in reclaim surface mining lands is provided. The apparatus includes an auger rotatably mounted above and forward of the blade of an earthmover, such as a bulldozer. The auger is longer than the blade and is mounted such that it extends substantially beyond one side of the blade. Adjacent this extension, a controllable lateral baffle is mounted for selectively adjusting a transverse dimension of the blade. In operation, compacted soil is collected by the blade until it reaches the auger. The auger then decompacts, transversely displaces, and deposits the soil relative to the blade, thereby creating a decompacted rooting layer that is ideal for planting. The lateral baffle may be selectively adjusted during operation to control the level of deposition of decompacted soil to provide a substantially level berm. A method of soil regeneration using the apparatus of the present invention is also disclosed.

Abstract: A conservation tillage implement including a shredder with a transverse rotor hood structure having one-piece end panels which are welded to each side of the hood and project rearwardly of the hood to receive a toolbar which extends the width of the implement. The center of the toolbar is connected to a pair of parallel upright central panels which are connected to the central rear portion of the hood. A reinforcing member extends from the central rear portion between the central panels around the top of the hood adjacent the hitch structure which connects the implement to a tractor. The end and central panels and reinforced hood structure define a compact, unobtrusive frame which is sturdy enough to pull heavy drawbar loads and resist heavy torque loading. In one embodiment of the invention, the toolbar supports a plurality of transversely adjustable deep tillage tools such as rippers, and disk structure is connected by adjustable bracket structure to the toolbar behind the rippers.

Abstract: A landscape leveling and raking apparatus has a frame, a handle protruding upwardly from the frame, a rake pivotally coupled to the frame to protrude downwardly and rearwardly therefrom, a screed fixed to the frame forwardly of the rake, a plurality of tiller blades rotatably mounted along a forward, open end of the frame, a motor which rotatably drives the tiller blades, and a mechanism for raising or lowering the tiler ,blades relative to the frame. As the blades rotate, they till the soil and propel the apparatus forward. The frame is open along its front edge. This allows soil to accumulate within the frame as the apparatus moves forward. The soil gradually escapes from the frame by passing beneath a screed fixed along the lower rear edge of the frame. The screed levels the soil before it is raked by the tines of the rake.

Abstract: A drag bar having a tiller directing control arm is provided for use with front tine gardening tillers. The control arm presents a user with means upon which to apply directionally controlling forces to a front tine tiller as well as to apply drag forces to control the rate of travel of the tiller.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agricultural machine for soil-cultivation, comprising, in the direction (F) of travel of the machine, a first row of cutting wheels arranged at right-angles to the said direction of travel and having substantially horizontal axes, in front of which is arranged a cylindrical roller with the aid of which weeds and/or the remains of past cultivation, such as stalks, stubble, and the like may be broken up. A subsequent row of ripping elements, with blades preferably running out to a point, rips up and loosens the soil, without ploughing it in, and is associated with plough-mould-boards which partially plough in the loosened soil. A transverse row of rotor-tools, with substantially horizontal axes, acts as a harrow and is used for final ploughing through 180.degree. and for crumbling the soil. The cutting wheels and the rotor-tools are arranged with their axes at an angle to the perpendiculars to the direction of travel (F) of the machines, preferably at an angle of between 5.degree.

Abstract: A toolbar attachment assembly for a rear tine rotary tiller having a tine guard and forward wheels. The toolbar attachment assembly is secured to the tiller in place of the drag stake. A V-shaped brace allows for the assembly to be attached without removing either the tines or the tine guard. A toolbar secured to the V-shaped brace allows for the releasable attachment of an extension which supports tools such as plows outwardly of the toolbar for the laying off of rows and for throwing dirt to cover weeds in established rows of plants.

Abstract: To prevent the development of clods on the soil surface when using a soil layer cultivator for the deep loosening of a field or the like, a pressure roller is provided to travel over the soil surface rearwardly of the elements effecting the deep loosening of the soil. The pressure roller is made up of several sections mounted on a common shaft with the individual roller sections located between support posts on a frame tube which posts support the loosening elements. The roller sections may be hinged individually or in groups to the frame tube. The rollers may roll freely over the soil surface or a forced drive for the roller sections can be provided.

Abstract: A machine for planting seeds includes a rotary soil lifting device which lifts broken-up soil, a tamping roller which tamps the remaining broken-up soil, an arrangement for placing seeds onto the upper surface of the tamped layer of the ground, and an arrangement for conveying the soil lifted by the soil lifting device past and upwardly of the tamping roller and for depositing this soil onto the tamped surface and onto the seeds placed thereon as a layer of uniform thickness. A compacting roller may be used to compact the soil of this layer after the formation of the latter, and the machine includes breaking-up tools of the fixed or rotating type mounted at the front region of the machine for breaking up the soil prior to and to a depth sufficient for the performance of the lifting operation by the soil lifting device. The conveying arrangement may include two hoods which together define a passage through which the lifted soil advances upwardly of and beyond the tamping roller.

Abstract: A combination implement for agricultural cultivation has a main frame liftably connectable with a pulling or dragging machine and supporting a cultivating device, and an auxiliary frame carrying a crumbler roller which supports the combination implement during cultivation and is adjustable relative to the main frame, wherein a supporting member is provided between the main frame and the auxiliary frame and has a play so that the main frame with the cultivating device arranged thereon can be upwardly deflected relative to the auxiliary frame or the crumbler roller during the cultivation.

Abstract: A power driven disc cultivator apparatus includes a main frame to which are connected a main sub-frame assembly and at least one second sub-frame assembly. The main sub-frame assembly mounts a shaft provided with spaced cultivator discs which are constrained to rotate with the shaft. The shaft and thus the discs are power driven at a rate independent of the speed of advance of the tractor or like vehicle towing the cultivator apparatus. The main sub-frame assembly is located at the forward end of the main frame. The second sub-frames mount shafts which are not power driven. The sub-frames can be selectively positioned lengthwise and angularly relative to the main frame.

Abstract: A handle-guided, walking type, power-operated rotor tiller, having blades for digging a path in crusted soil while propelling itself along a path is provided with a plow, mounted in rear of the rotor blades to follow in the cultivated path with minimum resistance to advance of the tiller. The plow faces rearwardly and has an upstanding, trailing, plowing edge, and an upstanding trailing plowing surface, obliqued to the path of the tiller, to plow a furrow only when the tiller moves reversely along it's path.

Abstract: A harrow has an elongated frame beam supporting a row of rotatable soil-working members mounted side-by-side on upwardly extending shafts. The frame beam and row of soil-working members extend transverse to the direction of travel of the harrow. At each lateral end of the row, a screening plate is positioned and pivoted to the frame beam. Each screening plate extends in a substantially vertical plane in the general direction of travel. Also, each plate has a lower support portion that rides over the ground and side edges that are inclined upwardly. The screening plates are supported on arms that can be pivoted to relocate the plates 180 degrees so they can rest in inverted positions on top of the frame beam during transport. A roller is pivoted to the frame and positioned to the rear of the soil working members and the screening plates are located between the roller and the members, when seen from the side.

Abstract: An apparatus for concurrently preparing a ground surface and forming a continuous strip of paving material thereon, and which is characterized by the ability to simultaneously grade the ground surface substantially coextensively with the successive slip forming of the pavement material. The apparatus includes a ground trimmer and a following slip former, with the trimmer being laterally translatable with respect to the slip former so that the concurrent grading and slip forming functions can be performed along a curvilinear path while closely maintaining the lateral alignment of the graded ground surface with the successive placement of the paving material. Thus excessive ground surface is not graded, and no area requiring preparation is omitted.

Abstract: An earth working dozer or tractor having a transverse blade and an adjustable spiral auger supported forward of the blade which further crushes material lifted by the blade and moves the material transverse of the blade. The blade includes opposed support-drive links which are pivotally supported at one end on top of the blade and which extend forwardly to receive the auger. The links are connected by a bar, spaced from the pivotal support, which is connected to the dozer frame by one or more hydraulic piston-cylinders. The position of the auger relative to the blade may thus be adjusted in parallel relation by extending or retracting the piston-cylinders, swinging the spiral auger about the pivot axes of the support links.

Abstract: A soil cultivating implement has a row of working rotors which are supported by a plurality of elongate, resilient rod-like elements that are arranged to afford a grating immediately to the rear of the rotors. The elments are C-shaped with their convex sides extending in the direction of travel, horizontal lower portions that ride on the ground and upper fastening portions, including coils, that are secured to a beam support. The support, together with elements, are interconnected to the frame via pivoted arms that can be vertically adjusted to change the working depths of the rotors. The elements are positioned at varying distances behind the rotors so that their foremost parts define an imaginary sinusoidal line, when viewed in plan.

Abstract: A cultivating implement includes a row of soil working members, such as tined rotors, and a driven soil crumbling member positioned at the rear of the cultivating tines. A driving transmission is interconnected to a rotatable bladed crumbling member or to supports which mount elongated, horizontally extending elements of a crumbling member, which elements are moved relative to the frame in non-horizontal directions to perform reciprocatory and/or vibratory movements. The crumbling member is driven to break up soil previously worked by the tines. The crumbling member is pivoted to the frame with forwardly extending arms and affords a rear support that can be set to regulate the working depths of the tines on the rotors. The transmission to the crumbling member is via the drive connections to the rotors which, in turn, are engaged by the p.t.o. of a tractor.

Abstract: A cultivating implement has a row of soil working members journalled along the length of an elongated frame portion. The frame portion extends transverse to the direction of implement travel and a support beam with further soil working members is positioned at the rear of the frame portion. The support beam is interconnected to the frame portion by arms and at least one, preferably two, pivot points on each arm enable adjustments of the level of the support beam with the further soil working members to be effected. One pivot point is at the rear portion of each arm and includes locking and pivot bolts. A second pivot point, again including locking and pivot bolts, connects the forward portion of each arm to the frame portion.

Abstract: An implement has an elongated frame that extends transverse to the direction of travel and soil-working members rotatably mounted on a portion of the frame that depends from spaced apart, forward and rear frame beams. A coupling assembly having coupling points for auxiliary implements is pivoted to the forward frame beam by two beam members that extend rearwardly and rest on top of the rear frame beam to limit the downward movement of the assembly when the implement is raised. The rear ends of the beam members are connected to a tubular beam and further beams extend rearward from the tubular beam. A transverse beam interconnects the further beams centrally thereof and coupling points such as hooks are adjustably connected to plates that depend from the further beams. A central coupling point is fastened to the transverse beam and the further beams are adjustable to vary the width of the assembly.

Abstract: An implement having an elongated tool extendable into the subsoil to break up the hardpan and open the subsoil for moisture and tap roots of plants. The tool has orbital motion generated with power driven eccentric structures coupled to the tool. Power is applied to the eccentric structure with a gear box driven with a hydraulic motor. Flywheels are connected to the eccentric structures and the gear box drive shafts. Links connected to the tool and a frame carry a rolling coulter disc operable to cut a slit in the soil ahead of the tool. A hinge assembly having elastic members mounts the frame on a carriage. In one form, the carriage is pivotally mounted on a draft beam of a moldboard plow and biased to an earthworking position by a hydraulic cylinder. In a second form, the carriage is a plate which forms a part of a hitch assembly for connecting the implement to a three-point hitch of a draft tractor.

Abstract: A cultivator has groups of soil working members positioned in a row that extends transverse to the direction of travel. Each group includes a plurality of tined soil working members and a drive system that rotates each group as well as the individual soil working members of each group. The drive system is connectable to the p.t.o. of a tractor and comprises an elongated drive shaft that is geared to the central shaft of each group and a sun pinion of each central shaft is meshed with planet pinions on the shafts about which the soil working members rotate. The pinion gears of each group are housed in a circular disc-shaped casing so that the entire casing of each group rotates about its central shaft during operation. A forward coupling member is attached to the frame for connection to the tractor and a rear support roller provides support to regulate the working depths of the soil working members.

Abstract: A rotary harrow has a transverse frame, including an elongated hollow beam, and rotatable soil working tined members are mounted on upwardly extending shafts journalled in the beam. A supporting elongated roller has arms that adjustably connect to the frame and the roller also extends transverse to the direction of travel, at the rear of the beam. Vertical plate supports on the top of the beam extend upwardly and rearwardly and a tool bar is interconnected to the rearmost extremities of the supports so that seed drills, etc. can be secured in place to the rear of the soil working members. The tool bar also extends transverse and across the width of the frame.

Abstract: A cultivating implement has one or more forward cultivating rotors that are driven to work the top soil. During this working, stones and debris are unearthed. At the rear of the cultivating members, one or more rows of soil working members are moved through the soil and these members are soil engaging members with edges that contact the stones and push the stones down into the subsoil. The soil engaging members can be discs with edges having projections and the discs can be driven to rotate in the same or opposite direction as the rotor. Alternatively, the soil engaging members can be bars that extend down into the soil. In either case, a sieve of rods or bars can be positioned behind the rotor to allow fine soil to pass while stones are guided downwardly in front of the fine soil. The lower ends of the soil engaging members can be interconnected with a horizontal shaft on which the discs are mounted. A protective hood overlies the rotor as well as the soil engaging discs or bars.

Abstract: A structural orientation and protective apparatus is disclosed that is particularly useful in a tillage assembly for sod seeding purposes. The apparatus includes a pair of skids each of which is adjacent to a cutter wheel mounted on the tillage assembly for cutting a furrow in ground to be seeded, each skid including a ground engaging portion to determine the maximum depth of furrow cut by the cutter wheel. Each skid is mounted for pivotal motion about a horizontal axis at the forward end, with the forward end being inclined upwardly from the ground engaging portion. A vertical mounting plate on each skid has a bracket mounted therebetween at the rear portion to receive a vertical adjustment rod, one portion of which is connected to the frame of the apparatus for controlling the selected depth of furrow to be cut. A seed tube boot is fastened to the rear portion of the skid so that regardless of the selected depth of furrow cut, the tube remains in the same position relative to the ground.

Abstract: A tractor drawn cultivator comprises a frame extending transversely to the direction of movement of the tractor. A plurality of spaced apart vertical axis rotary driven cultivator members comprising downwardly extending tines are supported from the frame. Surrounding each cultivating member and suspended from the frame is a screen having two spaced apart side walls and an interconnecting rear wall. The side walls have forwardly and outwardly diverging front parts with rearwardly and downwardly extending leading edges. At least a portion of the rear wall is vertically adjustable to control the rate of soil release from the screen. A tool bar to the rear of the main frame may support a plurality of ridging bodies, one behind each cultivator member.

Abstract: A self-propelled agricultural machine which includes a vehicle capable of automonously advancing when driven, and an assembly of implements capable of processing the soil during advancement of the vehicle. The machine includes a primary source of mechanical energy operatively connected with at least two transducers which are each individually capable of transforming the mechanical energy of the primary source into independent non-mechanical energy. The respective transducers in turn are each connected in circuit with an associated driving member wherein one of the driving members is operatively connected to the vehicle to effect the drive thereof; and the other driving member is operatively connected to the implements to effect the drive thereof, whereby the power provided by the primary source can be selectively and variably applied to either the vehicle and the implements as the vehicle is driven.

Abstract: A depth control and protective apparatus is disclosed as particularly useful in a tillage assembly for sod seeding purposes. The apparatus includes a pair of skids mounted upon a pivoted arm, which arm has also mounted thereon a pair of cutter wheels for cutting a furrow in ground to be seeded, each skid including a ground engaging portion to determine the maximum depth of furrow cut by the cutter wheel. Each skid is mounted for essentially vertical movement with respect to the associated arm and cutter wheel mounted thereon to thereby determine and control the depth of furrow cut by the associated cutter wheel. A substantially circular plate has an oval aperture in the central portion through which the axle and drive for the cutter wheel extends, and an inwardly directed cylindrical flange extends to the periphery of the circular plate to protect the axle and to provide for movement of the skid relative to the cutter wheel and axle.

Abstract: A combination implement has a leading cultivator with fixed tines and a rear rotary harrow with driven soil working tined members. The cultivator has side ground wheels with vertical adjusting means that controls the working depths of the fixed tines. The harrow has a trailing roller that is interconnected to the harrow frame with arms that also have an adjustment feature so that the working depths of the harrow's tined members can be regulated. The cultivator and harrow are linked to one another by a parallelogram linkage so that they can be disconnected from one another and individually connected to the three point lift of a prime mover. When the combination is assembled, a suspended drive shaft of the harrow's driving system is passed through the cultivator and connected to the p.t.o. of the prime mover.